Asks

How to pronounce asks? :-?

/ɑ:sks/

It's not particularly easy to pronounce, and the /k/ may be quite lightly sounded. In what is considered by some to be 'uneducated' speech, the /k/ may be realised as /t/. Similarly, 'asked' may be realised as /ɑ:st/

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Originally Posted by 5jj

/ɑ:sks/

It's not particularly easy to pronounce, and the /k/ may be quite lightly sounded. In what is considered by some to be 'uneducated' speech, the /k/ may be realised as /t/. Similarly, 'asked' may be realised as /ɑ:st/

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Yes, and you will hear "ax" and "axed"(past) by AmE speakers.

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Originally Posted by billmcd

Yes, and you will hear "ax" and "axed"(past) by AmE speakers.

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I am far from being an expert on AmE, but I would suggest that these forms are not used by anybody with a claim to being educated.

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Originally Posted by bagzi94

How to pronounce asks? :-?

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ass [æs]
asks [æs:]

s: = geminated/lengthened s

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Originally Posted by raindoctor

ass [æs]........asks [æs:].......s: = geminated/lengthened s

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asks /æs:/ is not heard in BrE, although /ɑ:s:/ is possible.

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Originally Posted by 5jj

I am far from being an expert on AmE, but I would suggest that these forms are not used by anybody with a claim to being educated.

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True, and I can provide similar horror stories.

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Originally Posted by 5jj

I am far from being an expert on AmE, but I would suggest that these forms are not used by anybody with a claim to being educated.

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Depends what you mean by 'educated'. Lindon Kwezi Johnson (sp?) does it, and he's British.

b

/æsks/ for the accents unaffected by the trap-bath split, including, perhaps most notably, General American.

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Originally Posted by BobK

Depends what you mean by 'educated'. Lindon Kwezi Johnson (sp?) does it, and he's British.

b

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It's used in some variants.